Battle-hardened by four long years on the road, Slaughtneil chiselled out an Ulster Club SFC quarter-final win in the most pressing of circumstances at Celtic Park.

Omagh 0-10, Errigal Ciaran 0-8...Omagh’s second Tyrone SFC triumph in four years owes much to a sound defensive system with former Tyrone star Joe McMahon at its heart.

Shelbourne 2 Wexford Youths 2

Clonakilty 3-13 Aghada 0-9: An unrivalled Cork County SFC record stretching back 84 years remains intact following this backs-to-the-wall effort from Clonakilty at Brinny yesterday, when they easily overcame Aghada in a relegation play-off.

Newcestown 0-16

John Mitchel’s (Lancashire)1-9 Moate All Whites (Westmeath) 1-6: All-Ireland Club JFC semi-final: Merseyside could have something to celebrate this season after all following John Mitchel’s qualification for the All-Ireland Club JFC final for the second time in their history at Pairc Tailteann, Navan, yesterday.

Cork Constitution 28 Young Munster 16

Blackrock College 14 Belvedere College 10

Valley Rovers 2-06 Clonakilty 1-06

Clonakilty 1-9 Nemo Rangers 1-7

Garryowen 16 Cork Constitution 13

St Thomas (Galway) 1-11 Kilcormac-Killoughey (Offaly) 1-9

St. Thomas (Galway) 0-15 Loughgiel Shamrocks (Antrim) 0-7

Fullen Gaels (Lancashire) 1-12 Bredagh (Down) 1-04

St Thomas 3-11 Loughrea 2-11

St Thomas 1-16 Gort 1-15

Gort 0-09 St Thomas 0-09

Raheny United 2 Peamount United 1

Avondale have set up a semi-final with Wicklow SHC champions Glenealy following victory over Kiltegan (3-6 to 1-10) at Arklow.

Cork Constitution made amends for last season’s defeat by Cashel in the final of the Munster Junior Cup with a deserved victory at Musgrave Park.

Republic of Ireland women’s team boss Sue Ronan last night named her squad for the UEFA Euro 2013 Group 4 qualifier against Scotland.

The Ireland Women’s team crashed to defeat against Algarve Cup hosts Portugal in Faro last night.

St Mary’s on the Hill 1-3 Greenmount 1-1

A GOAL from Richie Cummins two minutes from the end of normal time sent Mattie Murphy’s Gort into the Galway SHC final.

THIS one-sided Leinster Schools Senior Cup final ended in a victory for tournament favourites Clongowes Wood College, who retained their title with a scintillating display of power and precision at the RDS yesterday.

THE REPUBLIC Of Ireland got their defence of the Centenary Shield off to a satisfactory start when they drew with Wales in the first International game to be played at the excellently prepared Killarney Celtic Grounds last evening.

CONOR GILSENAN’S Clongowes Wood College will be molten hot favourites to complete back-to-back Powerade Leinster Schools Senior titles for the first time in their history at the RDS on St Patrick’s Day.

Sam Maguires 2-5Clonakilty 0-5

HAVING won last season’s delayed Charity Cup final three weeks ago at Temple Hill, Cork Constitution took this season’s decider with a deserved victory at Musgrave Park.

IF possession and field position counted for everything, St Mary’s College would today be still celebrating their second AIB All-Ireland League title.

Leaders Cork Constitution have been able to select Munster's Billy Holland in their back row for Saturday's AIB League clash with Dolphin.

Leaders Cork Constitution plan to utilise Munster's Jeremy Manning at out-half with David Lyons slipping back to full-back for the first-versue-second tussle with St Mary's College in Division 1A of the AIB League at Templeville Raod on Saturday.

Cork Constitution will take a wait-and-see approach to whether they can use Duncan Williams this weekend.

Ulster Academy prop Paddy McAllister is making a big impression for Ballynahinch as they prepare for their AIB League Division 1B tussle with Dungannon tomorrow.

GREIG OLIVER, the former Scotland scrum-half and now director of rugby at Garryowen, and his Cork Constitution counterpart Brian Walsh believe Munster have two more outstanding number nines ready to follow in the illustrious footsteps of Peter Stringer and Tomás O’Leary.

Cork Constitution bring back Munster-capped tight-head Stephen Archer into their front row for the clash with Garryowen in Division One of the AIB League at Dooradoyle on Saturday.

Leaders St Mary’s College bring hooker Richard Sweeney, prop Kevin Carroll and lock Stephen Bradshaw in for a shot at Garryowen in Division 1A of the AIB League at Templeville Road.

Cork Constitution will be looking to take revenge over Ballynahinch when they will meet in a an AIB Senior Cup second round repeat of last season’s final at Ballymacarn Park on Saturday.

The match of the day in the AIB Senior Cup takes place at Donnybrook where the tenents Bective Rangers and Old Wesley will do battle.

The match of the day in tomorrow's AIB Senior Cup takes place at Donnybrook where the tenants Bective Rangers and Old Wesley will do battle.

CLONTARF’S flirtation with AIB League glory has been consigned to failure in recent years; five semi-finals and two final appearances being just the sum total of the club’s success.